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WASTE MANAGEMENT
• Reduces worker
fatigue and
exposure to
hazardous or
unhygienic waste.
• Enhances the
visual appeal
of sanitation
efforts compared
to conventional
broom-and-pan
methods.
Behavioural &
Policy Implications:
• Majority of waste was
unbranded, indicating
informal packaging use.
• Urban authorities must
enforce waste labelling, provide
segregation bins, and run public
awareness campaigns.
Step Toward Smart
By Packaging Material: and often ends up in drains or Sanitation
• Paperboard: 28,775 items green belts.
The Gobbler deployment in the
• Multi-Layer Plastics (MLP): • Cigarette filters and polystyrene public spaces of Karol Bagh and
13,209 items products (foam cups/plates) Tilak Nagar showcases the value
• LDPE Films & Pouches: 11,345 are toxic, fragment into of targeted, mechanized litter
items microplastics, and pose a management in complex urban
threat to public health and
• PET Plastics: 4,264 items biodiversity. environments. By combining
These materials represent the • Even paperboard, while data-backed waste collection with
most persistent, non-recyclable, and biodegradable, contributes ergonomic operation, Gobbler
harmful litter types clogging urban to waste load if not properly is enabling smarter and more
infrastructure. managed. sustainable sanitation practices in
Indian cities.
Environmental Impact and Learnings As Indian cities strive to
Relevance meet Swachh Bharat goals
Many of the waste types Operational Benefits: and modernise their sanitation
collected by Gobbler have high • Gobbler enables four times infrastructure, technologies like
environmental persistence: faster collection rates than Gobbler offer a critical edge in
• MLP and LDPE packaging is manual sweeping in crowded making public spaces cleaner, safer,
lightweight but non-recyclable spaces. and more sustainable.
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